NGO office besieged

13 September 2009, 17:00 PM

Our Correspondent, Satkhira

Agitated people yesterday laid a siege to the office of so-called 'Bright Future Group of Industries' at Jhhowdanga bazar in Sadar upazila and locked its office and beat up one of its director. The other directors and staff, however, managed to flee. Sources said, the fake NGO styled 'Bright Future Group of Industries' was set up about three months ago. One Ashok Kumar Ghosh identifying himself as its director collected Tk 50 to 1000 from the villagers promising them training on computer engineering, handicrafts and other matters. They also offered them 'lucrative' micro-credit schemes. As they failed to start the programmes in time, the depositors started pressing the director and staff to return their money. Yesterday, they besieged the office of the NGO demanding arrest and punishment to 'the cheats.' They caught its director Ashok, beat up him and locked the office.